[00:00.000] 作词 : Janis Ian
[00:01.000] 作曲 : Janis Ian
[00:11.630]I learned the truth at seventeen
[00:15.670]That love was meant for beauty queens
[00:19.930]And high school girls with clear skinned smiles
[00:25.600]Who married young and then retired
[00:31.350]The valentines I never knew
[00:35.598]The Friday night charades of youth
[00:40.880]Were spent on one more beautiful
[00:44.338]At seventeen I learned the truth
[00:47.189]
[00:51.148]And those of us with ravaged faces
[00:56.580]Lacking in the social graces
[00:59.598]Desperately remained at home
[01:03.128]Inventing lovers on the phone
[01:06.978]Who called to say, "come dance with me"
[01:12.880]And murmur vague obscenities
[01:15.798]It isn't all it seems at seventeen
[01:19.798]
[01:22.529]A brown eyed girl in hand-me-downs
[01:27.160]Whose name I never could pronounce said
[01:30.999]Pity, please, the ones who serve
[01:35.138]They only get what they deserve
[01:41.678]The rich-relationed home-town queen
[01:46.128]Marries into what she needs
[01:49.559]With a guarantee of company and haven for the elderly
[01:56.577]
[02:00.818]Remember those who win the game
[02:05.348]Lose the love they sought to gain
[02:09.490]In debentures of quality
[02:12.988]And dubious integrity
[02:16.510]Their small town eyes will gape at you in
[02:20.340]Dull surprise when payment due
[02:25.180]Exceeds accounts received at seventeen
[02:29.370]
[03:24.800]To those of us who knew the pain
[03:29.300]Of valentines that never came
[03:33.320]And those whose names were never called
[03:37.360]When choosing sides for basketball
[03:44.900]It was long ago and far away
[03:48.620]The world was younger than today
[03:53.200]And dreams were all they gave for free
[03:56.920]To ugly duckling girls like me
[04:00.800]
[04:03.0]We all play the game and when we dare
[04:07.320]To cheat ourselves at solitaire
[04:11.900]Inventing lovers on the phone
[04:14.670]Repenting other lives unknown
[04:18.620]That call and say, "come dance with me"
[04:23.990]And murmur vague obscenities
[04:27.510]At ugly girls like me, at seventeen